Pseudotumor cerebri following eclampsia.
Pseudotumor cerebri, or increased intracranial pressure without a mass lesion, has been associated with hormonal activity but the exact causative relation is still obscure. We report a case of a 15-year-old girl who developed pseudotumor cerebri manifested by headache, visual symptoms and extraocular muscle palsies 3 weeks after recovering from eclampsia. Possible associations with eclampsia and postpartum changes in estrogen, progesterone and prolactin are discussed.
Koppel
B S
BS
Department of Neurology, New York Medical College, Valhalla.
Kaunitz
A M
AM
Tuchman
A J
AJ
D000293:Adolescent; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed